Re: [Epic] Psychic Phase [was: Re: Titan Legions]

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:56:41 GMT

At 01:20 PM 21/1/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Brett Hollindale wrote:
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>> an Overlord Company into a game smaller than say 5000 pts :-) It would be
>> true that I haven't been swayed by The Unknown Dwarf's ranting, but he
>> hasn't actually said very much either...
>
>Please, if you want to insult me, do it to my face (ie e-mail me, we don't
>need to be insulting each other on the list) instead of as a side note to
>Aaron.


Well, I don't WANT to insult you. I haven't TRIED to insult you I don't
think I HAVE insulted you. (But, since you've obviously TAKEN insult, I
suppose I should appologise for whatever affront I may have inadvertantly
caused.) I HAVE answered your latest EMAIL directly, and I thought it might
be rude not to respond to Aaron...



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>> elses. (If you want to buy a second company, then only the squats and eldar
>> can, and my gut feeling about the price is correct isn't it?)
>
>Why can only squats and eldar buy 2 companies?


My comment was adressed to Aaron's assertion that all of the bikes in the
game cost about the same (with the obvious IG exception!) BUT he was working
on the Ork bikes being bought as a Kult of Speed (only one per Ork Horde)
and the SM bikes being bought as a Ravenwing (technically Dark Angel only,
thus imposing restrictions on what sort of
companies they can take) but even IF included in another Space Marine
Chapter, it would be likely that the restiction of only one per army would
stick...


>
>> And I still think that they represent value for money far in excess of their
>> point cost...
>
>Whoa, now you lost me, but what does money have to do with it? Everyone
>had to buy multiple boxes of plastic to get a company of anything (except
>land raiders).


You're right. Dollars don't enter into this. I was referring to "more
units for the points invested" when I mentioned "value for money".


>
>> anywhere that the Thunderfire IS super heavy, but since the model is the
>> same size as the Goliath and bolted to the ground - well it did seem like a
>> reasonable assumption...)
>
>I can see that, but what makes less sence is that the goliath can move if
>need be, it can't fire if it does, but it can move... you'd think that
>thing should be anchored in the ground more than the thunderfire... we
>always played it as the thunderfire for that reason...
>
>> I still think that one d6+4 barrage points (average 7 or 8) save at -3
>> IGNORING cover for 150pts is cheaper AND better than one 9pt barrage save at
>> -3 for 200 pts. The all your eggs in the one basket point is a good one,
>
>Sure it's cheaper, but i fail to see how it's better the IG one will hit
>on a 2+ with a -3 save or you can split them up right?


No, you can't split them up... (You would be thinking of Manticores, the
only IG artillery that has a choice...)


> With the goliath
>you can't and most people speread stuff out as best they can so it's often
>not worth taking for one big shot.
>
>> Of course you are right about the squat infantry, I didn't mention it
>> because it ISN'T cheesy. But I guess I could ask, how much infantry does
>> your average squat warlord field? (Not too much in my experience...)
>
>No because regardless of the ability to re-roll ones, squats troops aren't
>really good in HtH and ince you have to take a company of non mobile
>troops of each of the tree types, i think most people just buy them and
>rhinos in support cards because most people only want the thunderers. I
>don't really think the others are worth it... at least they never were
>when i used them.
>
>
>Brad Leffew
>Orc DeathDealers Team Coach
>Squat Warlord/Space Marine/Knight Commander
>King of WHFB Bretonnia Army (newly aquired, love the models)
>High King of WHFB Dwarf Army
>
>"If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we
>fear the pain of loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.
> -Tanis Half-Elven "Dragons of Winter Night" by Margaret Weis
>
>Clarkson University
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